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Around the world, Ries (Ries , 里斯 , リース , along with others...) is quite a rare epicene first name. The given name Ries is habitual in Luxembourg, where it is quite a rare epicene name, Netherlands, where it is a rare boy's name, and Indonesia, where it is a rare unisex name. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Indonesia, China, and Netherlands. More frequently, Ries is the last name as well as the forename.
Ries is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Rhys Williams , the fictional character of Torchwood; Rhys Michael Haldane and Rhys Lawson , the character from Australian soap opera "Neighbours".